Deke of the Week 7 – Under the Stick Deke

This is one of my favourite dekes to pull on the defencemen when I am in a one on one situation and the D is matching my speed. If I have speed on the D I will usually pull a simple fake like I have shown in the previous dekes, but if the defencemen is matching your speed and skating backwards I find faking to one side and then tucking the puck under his stick and going the other way is a great way to get past them and freeze them in their spot. Check out the video to see how I do this move

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Here are a few tips from the video for those of you who like to read

To prepare for this deke either deke to the outside to get the defensemen to make a move and sweep at you with his stick, or leave the puck out to the side like you are going to skate past him on the outside and then pull the puck across and under his stick

You have to avoid the stick and the skates, to avoid the stick make sure you push the puck far enough ahead so it isn’t in the D’s sweep zone. Once the D goes for the sweep pull the puck straight across so he can’t catch the puck in his skates.

This move is easier to pull on an opponent who is the opposite hand of you. A righty going against a lefty will have more success with this move than a righty going against a righty

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Go wide and look for another man coming down the center. Sometimes you just don’t have a very good chance of beating a d-man with a deke so your best bet is to take the puck wide and then pass it, or even dump and chase.

I love doing that move! But i was wondering if the deke of the week would involve a goaltender one day? ‘Cause I’m doing pretty well against players but i often loose my imagination (and confidence) when im going on a breakaway

i’ve noticed this deke doesn’t work out as often as i would like because once you lean the stick out like that and now that this move isn’t very unique, it’s a fairly common move, the defender sees it coming. Also if you manage to get it through and the person is your speed, they just come shooting back so then i find i either have to shoot backhand or i gotta do the deke again just the opposite way and that success rate is even less than in the beginning. But for those who didn’t know about this deke, this is a good video. I also think if you do it on ice it’s easier to get passed the D because they are sliding in that direction farther from you after the deke compared to ball/street hockey where the D can stop and turn immediately after the deke and just knock the ball off your stick.

There is definitely a down side to every deke, but it helps to know them for that time when they work perfectly. Soon you will realize when it is a good time to use this one, and when it is a good time to use a different deke.

I love all your videos and they really help. I just wanted to say that in games when i’m playing i love to do this deke on my backhand as well. its harder to time but its so sweet. I just go from my forehand to my backhand to get the D to bite on one side, then i push the puck up and pull it between their stick and skates. i found that that works since i play a lot of people who are also right handed. Plus i play left wing so the D man bites to the boards and i have a lot of open ice.
Thanks for all your work and keep the vids coming!

Great deke, but you should also mention how defencemen can try stop it. On top of showing how to make the deke, this video is also a great demonstration of why you need to stick with the puckhandler (even while you’re trying to make a stick check) and take the body instead of just going for the puck.

Very true, that is why I like to toss in a head and shoulder fake to get the defence moving to one side thinking that they will be playing the body. Then put the puck under the stick and go in the other direction. I usually get away with it but the odd time I mess up or the D is too good (or lucky :D)

awesome vid jeremy
just one question? if you’ve been practicing this deke for a while now and you go against a D with the same hand as you and you intend to put the puck swiftly through their sweeping zone… will this work?…